Monitoring the Session

HB 3986

Bill naming U.S. Highway 83 in Mission for Corporal Espericueta

Became law, effective Sep 1, 2025

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Sergio Muñoz Jr.DHouse 36

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 83 in Mission as the Corporal Jose Luis "Speedy" Espericueta Jr. Memorial Highway.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

TxDOT puts up markers at each end and along the route.

The bill names the stretch of U.S. Highway 83 inside Mission's city limits the Corporal Jose Luis "Speedy" Espericueta Jr. Memorial Highway. It touches the Texas Department of Transportation, which must design and put up markers at each end and along the route, subject to existing sign-funding rules. Nothing else changes on the ground except new memorial signs, starting September 1, 2025.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3986 · 2025-03-06

SOLD BY

Rep. Sergio Muñoz Jr.DHouse 36

ITEM

relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 83 in Mission as the Corporal Jose Luis "Speedy" Espericueta Jr. Memorial Highway.

WHAT IT DOES

TxDOT puts up markers at each end and along the route.

The bill names the stretch of U.S. Highway 83 inside Mission's city limits the Corporal Jose Luis "Speedy" Espericueta Jr. Memorial Highway. It touches the Texas Department of Transportation, which must design and put up markers at each end and along the route, subject to existing sign-funding rules. Nothing else changes on the ground except new memorial signs, starting September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version E · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version E · May 19, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Transportation
  4. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  5. Considered in public hearing
  6. Committee substitute considered in committee
  7. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  8. Reported favorably as substituted
  9. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  10. Committee report distributed
  11. Committee report sent to Calendars
  12. Considered in Calendars
  13. Placed on General State Calendar
  14. Read 2nd time
  15. Passed to engrossment
  16. Record vote RV#2532
  17. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  18. Read 3rd time
  19. Passed
  20. Record vote RV#2645
  21. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  22. Reported engrossed
  23. Received from the House
  24. Read first time
  25. Referred to Transportation
  26. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  27. Considered in public hearing
  28. Vote taken in committee
  29. Reported favorably w/o amendments
  30. Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  31. Committee report printed and distributed
  32. Placed on intent calendar
  33. Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  34. Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
  35. Vote recorded in Journal
  36. Three day rule suspended
  37. Record vote
  38. Read 3rd time
  39. Passed
  40. Record vote
  41. Senate passage reported
  42. Reported enrolled
  43. Signed in the House
  44. Signed in the Senate
  45. Sent to the Governor
  46. Signed by the Governor
  47. Effective on 9/1/25
ALSO NOTED · NOT CHARGED (1)

RENAMING AND CEREMONIAL · analysis confidence 95%

THE TEXT

“The portion of U.S. Highway 83 in the municipal limits of Mission is designated as the Corporal Jose Luis "Speedy" Espericueta Jr. Memorial Highway.”

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill's only act is naming a highway stretch and putting up memorial markers.

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 133 yea · 1 nay

Senate · 31 yea · 0 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 15, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate: Final passage · May 23, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Sergio Muñoz Jr.

Donors

Texas Sands PAC$8KTexas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$8KOncor Texas State Political Action Committee of Oncor Electric Delivery Administration Corp.$3K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 24, 2024 to May 19, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Sands PAC$8,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$8,000.00

Cash
$8,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$8,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 1, 2024 to May 19, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100988555, 101060827.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$7,500.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$7,500.00

Cash
$7,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$7,500.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 24, 2024 to Nov 18, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100988555, 101031482.

Oncor Texas State Political Action Committee of Oncor Electric Delivery Administration Corp.$3,000.00

Oncor Texas State Political Action Committee of Oncor Electric Delivery Administration Corp.

$3,000.00

Cash
$3,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$3,000.00

Also funds 113 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 27, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 1, 2024 to May 19, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100988555, 101060827.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$8,000.00

Cash
$8,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$8,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 1, 2024 to May 19, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100988555, 101060827.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$7,500.00

Cash
$7,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$7,500.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 24, 2024 to Nov 18, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100988555, 101031482.

×

Oncor Texas State Political Action Committee of Oncor Electric Delivery Administration Corp.

$3,000.00

Cash
$3,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$3,000.00

Also funds 113 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 27, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 1, 2024 to May 19, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100988555, 101060827.

Votes5

Senate May 23, 2025

Yea
31
Nay
0
Present, not voting
Not printed
Absent
Not printed
Excused
Not printed
Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

Sources

Senator J. Hinojosa moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 3986 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 31 (published)
  • Nay: 0 (published)
  • Present, not voting: Not printed
  • Absent: Not printed
  • Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate May 23, 2025

Yea
31
Nay
0
Present, not voting
Not printed
Absent
Not printed
Excused
Not printed
Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

Sources

Senator J. Hinojosa moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 3986 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 31 (published)
  • Nay: 0 (published)
  • Present, not voting: Not printed
  • Absent: Not printed
  • Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate May 23, 2025

Yea
Not printed
Nay
Not printed
Present, not voting
Not printed
Absent
Not printed
Excused
Not printed
Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.

Sources

The bill was read second time and was passed to third reading by a viva voce vote.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: Not printed
  • Nay: Not printed
  • Present, not voting: Not printed
  • Absent: Not printed
  • Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House May 15, 2025

Yea
133
Nay
1
Present, not voting
2
Absent
11
Excused
3
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 2645

HB 3986 was passed by (Record 2645): 133 Yeas, 1 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 133 (published)
  • Nay: 1 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 2 (published)
  • Absent: 11 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 3 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House May 14, 2025

Yea
140
Nay
0
Present, not voting
2
Absent
2
Excused
6
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 2532

CSHB 3986 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2532): 140 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 140 (published)
  • Nay: 0 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 2 (published)
  • Absent: 2 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 6 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses6
For
6
Against
0
On
0
Names

For

  • CLEAT1 registration
  • Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT)1 registration
  • Self1 registration
  • Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union1 registration
  • Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)1 registration
  • TMPA1 registration
Sources

6 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Senate witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version E · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version E · May 19, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Mar 6, 2025

06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report · Engrossed · Senate Committee Report · Enrolled

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Sponsors
Juan "Chuy" HinojosaDSenate 20

House committee · Transportation · Committee vote 12 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Senate committee · Transportation · Committee vote 8 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Highways

Law Enforcement

CORPORAL JOSE LUIS "SPEEDY" ESPERICUETA JR. MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (SC93U)

CORPORAL SPEEDY ESPERICUETA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (SA93G)

SIGNS

TRANSPORTATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 199 words

89R13408 GP-D

By: Muñoz
H.B. No. 3986

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 83 in

Mission as the Corporal Jose Luis "Speedy" Espericueta Jr. Memorial

Highway.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,

is amended by adding Section 225.243 to read as follows:

Sec. 225.243. CORPORAL JOSE LUIS "SPEEDY" ESPERICUETA JR.

MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of U.S. Highway 83 in the

municipal limits of Mission is designated as the Corporal Jose Luis

"Speedy" Espericueta Jr. Memorial Highway. The designation is in

addition to any other designation.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the

designation as the Corporal Jose Luis "Speedy" Espericueta Jr.

Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at

appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.

SECTION 2. It is the intention of the 89th Legislature,

Regular Session, 2025, that the provision added by this Act be

renumbered to prevent multiple provisions with the same

designation.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.